Summer, So Far

We have been spending a lot of time at the pool lately. Having a pool in the neighborhood has been a great asset because we get all the benefits of a pool, like getting to swim, but none of the work involved with maintaining it or the liability of owning it. The only trade off is walking 2 blocks in the summer sun, but we can make it. There is a covered baby pool, which is one of the best parts. I lounge in the water while Rush throws toys out of the pool, then tries to climb out to get them. He hasn't totally mastered climbing out on his own yet, but it won't be long.

Of course, we have no pictures from the pool, because I there's not a safe way for me to watch a one year old at a pool by myself and use a camera. We'll try to bring our camera during on of our evening family trips. We really don't have pictures to document any of our recent summer activities: the leisurely Saturday morning when Trent made homemade biscuits, the visit with the Suljkanovics and their neighborhood pool which is actually a water park complete with tube slides and giant spraying water features, the long overdue dinner with the Monclas and Johnsons. Instead, I have a picture from this morning of Rush defeating (not for the first time) the child-safety lock on the outside cabinet and pulling out yet another item that he can't play with and I didn't even realize that we still had. Today it was some rusty, nail-filled horseshoes from our Colorado trip a few years ago.



So summer is in full swing. It may be hot outside and never below 80 degrees in our house, but I don't miss the winter when our heater decided to only heat the upstairs of our house. We're keeping a steady supply of popsicles in the freezer and our palm tree is blooming. I actually had the pleasure of putting on a wet bathing suit the other day, which is something I haven't experienced in years. After years in an office wearing long sleeves in July, a wet bathing suit is a luxury I can appreciate.


One odd recent summer addition to our home is a million spiders. They are everywhere, most of them dead. I think we might have a basilisk.